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UNIVERSAL SPORTS PRESENTS LIVE COVERAGE OF THE U.S. SWIMMING
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS
Michael Phelps, Dara Torres and More Compete for Spot on Team
USA
Live Online and Television Coverage of the Finals Begins Tomorrow
at 6 p.m. ET
LOS
ANGELES – July 6, 2009 –
More than 20 Olympic athletes, including superstars Michael Phelps,
Dara Torres, Katie Hoff, Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol, hope to
earn a spot on the U.S. World Championship team as Universal Sports
presents live coverage of the USA Swimming National Championships
this week. Television and live online coverage from Indianapolis
will begin tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET and continue through Saturday,
July 11. The top swimmers in each event of the National
Championships will be named to the 2009 U.S. World Championship
Team that will compete at the FINA World Aquatics Championships
later this month, presented by Universal Sports and NBC
Sports.
Three-time
Olympic gold medalist and NBC Sports Olympic swimming analyst Rowdy
Gaines and NBC Sports’ Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Ted
Robinson will provide live commentary for Universal Sports and NBC,
with Olympic gold medalist Summer Sanders reporting poolside from
Indianapolis.
COVERAGE
ON UNIVERSALSPORTS.COM: UniversalSports.com
and swimnetwork.com will provide a live webcast each evening of the
Swimming National Championships finals, from July 7 – 11, at
6 p.m. ET. Two-time Gold Medalist Mel Stewart will be hosting
a 30 minute preview show at 5:30 p.m. ET before each day of
competition only on-line. More information, as well as
highlights, full-length videos, photos, breaking news and more
available at UniversalSports.com/swimming.
COVERAGE
ON UNIVERSAL SPORTS and NBC SPORTS: Universal
Sports, available in 45 million homes, will present live coverage
of the first two nights of the National Championships finals.
NBC Sports presents delayed coverage of the July 9 – 11
finals this weekend.
Date
Event
Time (all times ET)
Network
July
7
DAY 1
FINALS
6 – 7:30
p.m.
Universal Sports
July
8
DAY 2
FINALS
6 – 7:30
p.m.
Universal Sports
July
11
DAYS 3-4
FINALS
1 – 3
p.m.
NBC
July
12
DAY 5
FINALS
2 – 3
p.m.
NBC
ABOUT
THE ATHLETES:
Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps will be
competing in the 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly and
200m butterfly events. Dara Torres is expected to compete in
the 50m freestyle event, which will be held on Thursday, and will
possibly swim the 100m free on Friday. More than 14 world records
have been set at the U.S. Swimming Nationals to date.
2009
FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Universal Sports and NBC Sports present television and online
coverage of the 2009 FINA World Aquatics Championships, July 17
– Aug. 2, 2009. The Championships from Rome consist of
swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and open water
swimming events. For a complete schedule and broadcast
information, go to UniversalSports.com/swimming.
ABOUT
UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal
Sports, a partnership between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners,
serves as the preeminent multiplatform destination for
Olympic-related and lifestyle sports programming available on
television and online. Universal Sports is a 24-hour television
channel available in 45 million television households in markets
including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort
Worth, San Francisco, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Houston, Detroit,
Tampa, Seattle, Denver and Orlando. Go to UniversalSports.com for a
complete list of TV markets. Major world championship and Olympic
qualifying events found on Universal Sports range from track and
field, skiing, swimming, gymnastics, marathons and cycling, to
volleyball, rowing, triathlon, fencing, speed skating and martial
arts. UniversalSports.com delivers an immersive experience via live
and on-demand competition coverage, interaction with top athletes
through blogs and in-depth access to Olympic sports news and
information year round. For more information on the availability of
the Universal Sports 24-hour television channel, please visit
UniversalSports.tv.
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